"Well, what's got into you?" (Police Officer, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra· Washington Choral Arts Society
"Who are you abandoning us to, father?" (Chorus)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Washington Choral Arts Society· Oratorio Society of Washington
"Orthodox people! The boyar is implacable ... Glory be to Thee, Most High Creator, on Earth!" (Shchelkalov, Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington· Mstislav Rostropovich· Washington Choral Arts Society· Lajos Miller· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· National Symphony Orchestra
"Did you hear what the godly people said?" (Mityukha, Police Officer, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Oratorio Society of Washington· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Long live Tsar Boris Fyodorovich!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Kenneth Riegel· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Washington Choral Arts Society· Mstislav Rostropovich· Oratorio Society of Washington· National Symphony Orchestra
"My soul grieves!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Kenneth Riegel· Oratorio Society of Washington· Ruggero Raimondi· Washington Choral Arts Society· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Strong and just Lord" (Chorus, Grigory, Pimen)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Paul Plishka· Washington Choral Arts Society· Oratorio Society of Washington· National Symphony Orchestra· Vyacheslav Polozov· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"You have been writing all the time" (Grigory, Pimen)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Paul Plishka· Vyacheslav Polozov
"Oh, I remember! ... Then I was sent to Uglich" (Pimen, Grigory)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Paul Plishka· Vyacheslav Polozov
"They are ringing for matins ... Boris! Everyone trembles before you" (Chorus, Pimen, Grigory)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Paul Plishka· National Symphony Orchestra· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society· Vyacheslav Polozov
"I've caught a smoky-blue drake" (Hostess)
"Christian folk, honest, godly folk" (Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra· Misha Raitzin· Romuald Tesarowicz· Vyacheslav Polozov· Galina Vishnevskaya
"Oh, in the town of Kazan" (Varlaam)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Romuald Tesarowicz· National Symphony Orchestra
"Counsel!" (Varlaam, Grigory, Hostess)
Romuald Tesarowicz· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra· Vyacheslav Polozov· Galina Vishnevskaya
"Who are you? ... Humble fathers, honest monks" (Police Officer, Varlaam, Missail, Grigory, Hostess)
Romuald Tesarowicz· Vyacheslav Polozov· Galina Vishnevskaya· Stefan Szkafarowsky· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Misha Raitzin
"What are you doing! Accursed rogues!" (Varlaam, Missail, Police Officer)
Stefan Szkafarowsky· National Symphony Orchestra· Misha Raitzin· Mstislav Rostropovich· Romuald Tesarowicz
"Where are you, my betrothed" (Xenia, Fyodor)
Catherine Dubosc· National Symphony Orchestra· Matthew Adam Fish· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Oh, that will do, my dear Tsarevna! ... A gnat was chopping wood" (Nurse)
Mira Zakai· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra
"Oh, nurse, dear nurse, what a story to tell! ... Clapping game" (Nurse, Fyodor)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Matthew Adam Fish· Mira Zakai
"What's happening?" (Fyodor, Boris, Xenia)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Matthew Adam Fish· National Symphony Orchestra· Ruggero Raimondi· Catherine Dubosc
"How splendid, my son!" (Boris)
"Hey, shoo, shoo! ... What's going on?" (Nurse, Boris, Boyar, Fyodor)
Thomas Booth· Matthew Adam Fish· Ruggero Raimondi· Mira Zakai· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra
"It's all our parrot's fault" (Fyodor, Boris)
Matthew Adam Fish· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra· Ruggero Raimondi
"My son, my very own child!" (Boris, Shuisky, Fyodor)
National Symphony Orchestra· Matthew Adam Fish· Ruggero Raimondi· Kenneth Riegel· Mstislav Rostropovich
"No, I cannot ... I cannot, my child! Tsarevich, obey!" (Boris, Shuisky)
"Why, you do not believe me?" (Shuisky)
"Enough! Oh, I can hardly breathe!" (Boris)
"On the azure Vistula under a shady willow" (Chorus, Marina)
Washington Choral Arts Society· Oratorio Society of Washington· Galina Vishnevskaya· Mstislav Rostropovich· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· National Symphony Orchestra
"Enough! ... The beautiful lady is grateful" (Marina)
"I do not need you today, Rusya" (Marina)
"Ah! ... Oh, it is you, my father!" (Marina, Rangoni)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Nikita Storozhev· Galina Vishnevskaya
"At midnight ... in the garden ... by the fountain ... " (Dmitry the Pretender, Rangoni)
National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Vyacheslav Polozov· Nikita Storozhev
"Think again, Tsarevich ... And quickly we shall capture the domain of Muscovy!" (Rangoni, Marina, Chorus)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Washington Choral Arts Society· Oratorio Society of Washington· Nikita Storozhev· National Symphony Orchestra· Galina Vishnevskaya· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"It is her! Marina!" (Marina, Dmitry the Pretender)
Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra· Vyacheslav Polozov· Galina Vishnevskaya
"Well, is the mass over?" (Chorus, Mityukha)
Oratorio Society of Washington· Mstislav Rostropovich· National Symphony Orchestra· Richard Cowan· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Washington Choral Arts Society
"Trrr, trrr, trrr" (Chorus, Simpleton)
National Symphony Orchestra· Nicolai Gedda· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Washington Choral Arts Society· Mstislav Rostropovich· Oratorio Society of Washington
"Ah! Ah! They've offended God's Fool!" (Simpleton, Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society· Kenneth Riegel· National Symphony Orchestra· Oratorio Society of Washington· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Ruggero Raimondi· Nicolai Gedda· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Most honorable boyars!" (Shchelkalov)
"Well? Let us pass sentence, boyars" (Chorus, Shuisky)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Kenneth Riegel· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society
"Oh, what are you saying, boyars!" (Shuisky, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society· National Symphony Orchestra· Oratorio Society of Washington· Kenneth Riegel· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Keep away! Away!" (Boris, Shuisky, Chorus)
Washington Choral Arts Society· Kenneth Riegel· Mstislav Rostropovich· Ruggero Raimondi· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· National Symphony Orchestra· Oratorio Society of Washington
"Gracious Sovereign! ... My story will be simple and short" (Shuisky, Boris, Pimen)
"Oh, I can't breathe! ... Lord! Lord! Look down, I beseech Thee" (Boris)
"Weep, weep, people" (Chorus, Boris, Fyodor)
National Symphony Orchestra· Ruggero Raimondi· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society· Matthew Adam Fish· Mstislav Rostropovich· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Down here! Sit down on the stump" (Chorus)
Oratorio Society of Washington· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Washington Choral Arts Society· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus
"Trrr ... Iron cap, Iron cap" (Chorus, Simpleton)
Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Mstislav Rostropovich· Nicolai Gedda· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society· National Symphony Orchestra
"The sun and moon have grown dim" (Missail, Varlaam, Chorus)
National Symphony Orchestra· Washington Choral Arts Society· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Oratorio Society of Washington· Romuald Tesarowicz· Misha Raitzin· Mstislav Rostropovich
"Come away! Youthful vigour has run wild" (Chorus, Varlaam, Missail)
Mstislav Rostropovich· Romuald Tesarowicz· Misha Raitzin· Oratorio Society of Washington· Washington Choral Arts Society· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· National Symphony Orchestra
"Domine, Domine, salvum fac" (Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Chorus)
National Symphony Orchestra· Jacques Trigeau· Mstislav Rostropovich· Michel Pastor· Washington Choral Arts Society· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Oratorio Society of Washington
"What the deuce brings them here?" (Chorus, Missail, Varlaam, Lavitsky, Chernikovsky, Dmitry the Pretender, Krushchov, Simpleton)
Romuald Tesarowicz· Michel Pastor· Washington Choral Arts Society· Nicolai Gedda· Jacques Trigeau· Vyacheslav Polozov· National Symphony Orchestra· Mstislav Rostropovich· Misha Raitzin· Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus· Oratorio Society of Washington· Thomas Booth